| “‘Come with uncle,’ I said, ‘and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil ____.’” (A Clockwork Orange) |
TROMBONES |
| “One should never put on ____ trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth” (Ibsen) |
one’s best |
| “Photography […] records / Dull days as dull, and hold-it smiles as frauds, / And will not censor ____” (Philip Larkin) |
BLEMISHES |
| “Whoso beset him round / With dismal stories, / Do but themselves ____; / His strength the more is” (John Bunyan) |
CONFOUND |
| ‘So, what, do I just sit here and ____ about me-self?’ (Jamie Tartt, footballer in TV series Ted Lasso) |
blabber on and on |
| 1950s and 1960s film icon called “the most beautiful woman in the world”, after the Italian title of one of her films |
Gina Lollobrigida |
| 2012 Olympic gold medallist with a statue at Madame Tussauds in London |
Jessica Ennis-Hill |
| A diaphanous dressing gown or nightwear garment |
NEGLIGEE |
| A purée of fruit served with cream or custard |
FOOL |
| A volcanic crater |
CALDERA |
| Academic meetings |
COLLOQUIA |
| American brand of playing cards manufactured since 1885 |
BICYCLE |
| An Arabic ruler (variant spelling) |
EMEER |
| An old name for thirds, in music or some measurements |
TIERCES |
| Animal to which the word ursine applies |
BEAR |
| Argentine footballer who joined Inter Miami in 2023 |
Lionel Messi |
| Caveat ____ means “let the buyer beware” |
EMPTOR |
| Coastal feature linking West Bay to the Isle of Portland |
Chesil Beach |
| Convention venue served by Custom House DLR station |
EXCEL |
| Cycle relay race in which Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny are current Olympic champions |
MADISON |
| Desktop PC web search feature, 2010-2017, showing likely desired lists of hits as you typed, eg Yellowstone National Park ones for “yellows” |
Google Instant |
| Divine nectar in Hinduism |
AMRITA |
| Entrepreneur Duncan ____ founded one of the largest health club chains in the UK |
bannatyne |
| Genre mixing R’n’B, soul, and rap, mainly circa 1988-93 |
new jack swing |
| Genus to which the caps or penny bun mushroom belongs |
BOLETUS |